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Ray & Dana Chery sensed a need for change in their careers. A 26-year-old portable sink manufacturer was the answer.
Topics in Dana and Ray’s interview:
- Going all-in as a couple buying a business
- How they beat out 50 other buyers
- Moving from the finance world to manufacturing
- Buying a portable sink manufacturer
- How Ray applies his banking skills
- Revamping the website and logo
- Opportunities to sell to more school districts
- Challenge of prioritizing tasks at the business
- Their vision to grow the company to 8 figures
- Wide variety of use cases for portable sinks
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- Ray’s LinkedIn
- Dana’s LinkedIn
- Monsam Portable Sinks
- Will Gano on Acquiring Minds: After 4 Years of Part-Time Searching, Success
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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron
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